--- title: "The AI value story is becoming clearer as organisations grow more confident in governance, accountability and employee adoption — Marsanne Studio AI watch" description: "According to KPMG, 73% of US executives say they are confident in their AI governance and 44% report significant adoption by employees." url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/the-ai-value-story-is-becoming-clearer-as-organisations-grow-more-36a9d9/" lang: "en" --- [Marsanne Studio](https://marsanne.studio/en/) [← Back to home](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) [← The AI watch](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) Data study · 24 September 2026 # The AI value story is becoming clearer as organisations grow more confident in governance, accountability and employee adoption **Publication** KPMG (United Kingdom) **Author** Unsigned **Published on** 24 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed ## Summary According to the KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey, conducted among 314 executives at US companies with revenue above $1 billion, nearly 6 in 10 executives see measurable business value from their AI initiatives. Governance is strengthening: 74% of organisations now include cost reviews in their AI approval processes (up from 61% the previous quarter), 70% use tracking dashboards, and 73% of executives say they are confident in their ability to manage AI at scale, up from 57% the previous quarter. The deployment of AI agents is accelerating: 62% of organisations are building or deploying agents, and 25% are developing multi-agent systems, compared with only 6% in previous quarters. Employee adoption is also rising sharply, from 10% a year ago to 44% today, according to Rahsaan Shears, AI transformation leader at KPMG. Summary based on the full text of the article. [Read the article on KPMG →](https://kpmg.com/us/en/media/news/q3-ai-pulse-2026.html) ## Figures cited - 74 % organisations including cost reviews in AI approval processes large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026, n=314 executives > « Nearly three-quarters (74%) of organizations now include cost reviews in AI approval processes, up from 61% last quarter » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 70 % organisations using AI tracking dashboards large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026 > « 70% use AI monitoring dashboards and 43% have implemented usage or token budgets » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 43 % organisations that have set up usage or token budgets large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026 > « 70% use AI monitoring dashboards and 43% have implemented usage or token budgets » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 49 % executives who have defined high-risk use cases without autonomous decision-making by agents large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026 > « Nearly half of leaders (49%) have defined high-risk use cases where they do not allow autonomous decision-making by agents. » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 73 % executives expressing confidence in AI governance and in their ability to manage AI at scale large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026, vs 57% the previous quarter > « with 73% of leaders expressing confidence in the governance and capabilities they have in place, a steep jump from 57% last quarter » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 30 % organisations building controls into their AI agents with monitoring and evaluation large US companies, Q3 2026, down from 43% two quarters earlier > « The share of organizations building controls into their agents alongside monitoring and evaluation procedures also fell to 30% from 43% two quarters ago » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 62 % organisations building, deploying or developing AI agents large US companies (revenue ≥ $1bn), Q3 2026, vs 53% the previous quarter > « Today, 62% of organizations report they are now building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% last quarter. » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 25 % organisations developing or actively implementing multi-agent systems large US companies, Q3 2026, vs 6% in the two previous quarters > « Notably, the percentage actively developing or implementing multi-agent systems climbed to 25%, compared to only 6% in the last two quarters. » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - 44 % organisations reporting significant employee adoption of AI large US companies, Q3 2026, vs 23% the previous quarter and 10% a year earlier > « The share of organizations reporting significant workforce adoption increased to 44%, up from 23% last quarter and 10% a year ago. » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey - — % executives reporting measurable business value from their AI initiatives about 6 in 10 executives, large US companies > « Nearly 6 in 10 leaders report measurable business value from their AI initiatives, according to the latest KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey. » Source: KPMG Quarterly AI Pulse Survey ## Classification **Country** United States **Company size** Large companies **Industries** All industries, or industry not specified **Companies** KPMG (study author) **Keywords** AI governance, AI agents, enterprise adoption, cost management, multi-agent, executive survey KPMG sells AI services or products: its studies and publications should be read with that interest in mind. Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to KPMG. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.